Storm Lake and other towns across Iowa are putting proactive measures in place to quell the spread of COVID-19. Disruptions to school, work, and major public gatherings are already manifesting and it’s important to stay up to date on what’s happening in the Storm Lake, IA community.
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Iowa COVID-19 Cases
Iowa Total Coronavirus Cases: 1,058,274
Iowa New Coronavirus Deaths:
Iowa Total Coronavirus Deaths: 10,797
U.S. Total Coronavirus Cases: 107,184,620
U.S. New Coronavirus Deaths: 8
U.S. Total Coronavirus Deaths: 1,166,662
Coronavirus News for Storm Lake
COVID-19 testing site to open Saturday in Storm Lake - Sioux City Journal
STORM LAKE, Iowa -- A COVID-19 testing site is scheduled to open Saturday in Storm Lake. The Test Iowa site will be located at Storm Lake High School, 621 Tornado Drive. The site is for residents ... More info »
Sioux City Journal - 05/14/2020 11:38amTyson says 815 test positive for COVID-19 at Iowa plants in Storm Lake, Council Bluffs - The Des Moines Register
About 3,000 workers in Iowa, most working shoulder-to-shoulder, have tested positive for COVID-19. Counties with meatpacking plants led the state with the 10 largest per capita rates for the virus. More info »
Des Moines Register - 06/01/2020 12:00pmStorm Lake Tyson plant to close after state confirms coronavirus outbreak - The Des Moines Register
Tyson Foods announced a plan to temporarily close its Storm Lake pork processing plant late Thursday, hours after the Iowa Department of Public Health confirmed the facility was the site of a ... More info »
Des Moines Register - 05/27/2020 12:00pmTyson Foods sued over Iowa worker’s COVID-19 death - KCCI 8 News
STORM LAKE, Iowa (AP) — The family of a man who died from COVID-19 while working at a Tyson pork plant in Storm Lake has filed a lawsuit accusing the company and several plant executives of ... More info »
KCCI Des Moines - 12/15/2020 08:32am555 workers at Tyson Foods plant in Iowa test positive for coronavirus, state's department of health confirms - Fox News
Testing recently administered to workers at the Storm Lake facility resulted in 555 employees testing positive out of 2,517, the Des Moines Register reported, citing the Iowa Department of Public ... More info »
Fox News - 05/28/2020 07:20am